Figure 17. Ophiocomina nigra postlarval development. A, B, two 0.7 in Who's who among baby brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): postmetamorphic development of some North Atlantic forms

Figure 17. Ophiocomina nigra postlarval development. A, B, two 0.7 mm dd postlarva dorsal, note that only one has secondary inter-radial plates (SIR); C, 0.7 mm dd postlarva ventral; D, E, 0.9 mm dd postlarvae; D, dorsal; E, ventral; F–H, 1.4 mm dd postlarvae; F, dorsal; G, arm dorsal; H, ventral; I–K, 1.6 mm dd postlarva; I, jaw, note the scale-like adoral shield spine (ASS) and the second smaller scale proximal to it; J, arm spines, note the serrated edges; K, disc granules are strongly rugose; L, 2.4 mm juvenile; M, 3 mm dd juvenile. Abbreviations: as in Figs 1–3, 10. Scale bars in millimetres.